The Golden State Warriors Go Solar
The biggest basketball of them all stands some 93 million miles away from the Golden State Warriors office and practice facility. But with the sun, distance means nothing (and everything – we’re exactly where we have to be!). So the Bay Area’s contribution to the NBA is bringing that powerful solar energy right down to the basketball court. The Warriors, through Castro Valley solar installer, Solar Co., have installed enough solar panels to provide up to 80 percent of the team’s daily electricity consumption.
The Warriors’ move marks yet another professional sports club seeking a greener way to operate. Among others, MLB’s San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox both use solar power at their stadiums. Golden State’s move individually represents the team’s goal of becoming a more sustainable business. “We were looking at ways in which we could be more conscious about how we do business,” said team President Robert Rowell.
It starts with 537 solar panels atop its facility on Broadway avenue in Oakland, which alone will save the team up to $2 million in electricity costs over the next 25 years. The reported next step is a new line of organic team apparel to be unveiled in February. As dejected as Warriors fans must have felt at times over the last few seasons, perhaps it is some consolation that, despite ongoing losing woes, the team has scored a win for the environment; a sentimental victory, I know, but an important victory nonetheless. Go Warriors.
Via San Francisco Business Times
Photo Credit: Zimbio & Slam Dunk Central
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Posted on January 28th in Going Solar by Dan.
January 28th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
This is pretty awesome. How big is the system? Will they update fans on how much electricity they are saving?
January 31st, 2010 at 4:30 pm
We’ll have to keep track of that. Perhaps they’ll throw a page on their website that’ll show how much energy the system is producing at any given time, in a manner similar to what Sierra Nevada Brewing Company does. Thanks for reading and writing in!